Answers.
Define Work - Answer When a force acts upon an object to cause displacement of the object
measured in Newton-meter
Define strength - Answer Maximum amount of weight a person can lift for one repetition ,
expressed as 1 rep max or !RM
Define Power - Answer Rate of work being competed in a unit of time i.e. joules/seconds =
watts
What are the two types of power? - Answer Absolute Power: rate at which work is completed
regardless of the body mass expressed in Power= force x distance divided by time
Relative Power: personal power mass or weight dependent power measured in watts
What are the 3 types of muscle contractions - Answer - static contraction
- maximal voluntary contraction aka MVC
- Rhythmic contraction
What is static contraction - Answer muscular contraction w/out range-of-motion; no
movement occurs
What is Maximal Voluntary Contraction - Answer 100% isometric-state contraction i.e.
squeezing a fist
What is Rhythmic Contraction - Answer Dynamic muscular contraction, with movement i.e
lifting weights for reps
Define Endurance - Answer The ability of the muscle to maintain a percentage of MVC over a
period of time, or rhythmically contract over & over for a sustained period
Define Fatigue index - Answer rate of fatigue onset; is a unitless measure higher FI number,
the greater the rate of fatigue